MC-200929Ghast are harmed with potion of harming
The Bug
Despite being an undead mob, Ghast are harmed by potions of harming when they should be harmed with potion of healing.
Code analysis from Chumbanotz found in this comment
Linked Issues
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Created Issue:
Ghast are harmed with potion of harming
The Bug
Despite being an undead mob, Ghast are harmed by potions of harming when they should be harmed with potion of healing.
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The Bug
Despite being an undead mob, Ghast are harmed by potions of harming when they should be harmed with potion of healing.Code analysis from
The Bug
Despite being an undead mob, Ghast are harmed by potions of harming when they should be harmed with potion of healing.Code analysis from
The Bug
Despite being an undead mob, Ghast are harmed by potions of harming when they should be harmed with potion of healing.Code analysis from Chumbanotz found in this comment
The Bug
Despite being an undead mob, Ghast are harmed by potions of harming when they should be harmed with potion of healing.Code analysis from Chumbanotz found in this comment
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The bug
Considering the resolution of MC-162557 as "Works As Intended", and the status of MC-200929 and MC-200937 as valid issues, there is a consensus that ghasts are treated like undead mobs. However, unlike all undead mobs, ghasts can take drowning damage and die.
Expected result
Ghasts shouldn't be able to drown.
The bug
Considering the resolution of MC-162557 as "Works As Intended", and the status of MC-200929 and MC-200937 as valid issues, there is a consensus that ghasts are treated like undead mobs. However, unlike all undead mobs, ghasts can take poison damage.
Expected result
Ghasts shouldn't be affected by the Poison effect.
What makes you think they are undead?
They don't get attacked by the wither and the wither doesn't attack undead mobs. Though to be fair they don't get damaged with smite either.
Well, this just got a whole lot more confusing:
MC-162557I guess the question at hand is: Are Ghasts undead or not? Feel free to create a report about the fact Smite does not affect them.
Yeah that's what I based my report on. I'll make a report for smite.
Okay new smite report made.
MC-200937Can confirm
Having looked at the code, there is no evidence that ghasts are undead. Looking at the related issue
MC-162557, the reason withers won't attack ghasts anymore is that there is a general check for all mobs that prevent them from attacking ghasts.Here is the piece of code that controls this from MobEntity.class, taken from MCP mappings.
Can confirm in 21w03a.
Can confirm in 21w05b.
Can confirm in 21w06a.
Can confirm in 21w07a.
Can confirm in 21w11a.
Duplicate of
MC-190140?Can confirm in 21w13a.
Can confirm in 21w15a.
Can confirm in 21w17a.
Can confirm in 1.17.
Can confirm in 1.17.1.
Can confirm in 21w40a.
Can also confirm this behavior in 21w40a. Here are some extra details regarding this problem.
The Bug:
Ghasts are damaged by potions of harming despite being undead mobs.
Steps to Reproduce:
/summon minecraft:ghast ~ ~ ~ {NoAI:1b}Observed Behavior:
Ghasts are damaged by potions of harming despite being undead mobs.
Expected Behavior:
Ghasts would not be damaged by potions of harming as they are undead mobs. Instead, they should be damaged with potions of healing, just like other undead mobs.
Code Analysis:
Code analysis can be found in this comment by Chumbanotz.